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Great Cynics – ‘Posi’

It’s the worst of times, so let’s write an album about the best of times. ‘Posi,’ the fourth album by those affable southern punks Great Cynics, is an album split down the middle, told in two parts, treading a knife’s edge between seemingly forced positivity and a more deep

Monday 10 April 2017

Widows – ‘Oh Deer God’

The UK’s sludge/stoner scene is experiencing a real renaissance at the moment, with spectacular bands up and down the country drowning audiences with crashing waves of fuzz-drenched riffs and thunderous bellows. From Wigan’s psychedelic monsters Boss Keloid to Kingston Upon Hull’s ferocious Battalions, via the swarming heaviness

Friday 07 April 2017

The Smith Street Band – ‘More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me’

“Part of me wants to be dead, part of me’s so happy to be alive.” The line from ‘Run Into The World’ isn’t the only time Wil Wagner – lead singer of The Smith Street Band – references the struggle between enjoying and hating life. There’s a consistency to

Svart Crown – ‘Abreaction’

It’s a tough job for any band coming back with a new album after an extended break. It’s been almost four years since Svart Crown released ‘Profane’, an album that at its time of release knocked critics and fans back with a blistering mix of brutal death metal

Thursday 06 April 2017

Diet Cig – ‘Swear I’m Good At This’

With the current climate and mainstream media being what it is, it’s always empowering to see the emergence of a strong female protagonist in any area of the creative arts. Front-woman Alex Luciano of the New York based two-piece Diet Cig, is just that. Their debut album ‘Swear I’m

Stolas – ‘Stolas’

An association with Dance Gavin Dance front-man Will Swan comes loaded with expectations of technical proficiency and quality songwriting. Stolas’ previous two records have been released through Swan’s own label Blue Swan Records and guitarist Sergio Medina plays alongside Swan in side-project Sianvar, so there’s no escaping

Tuesday 04 April 2017

Supergenius – ‘Supertired’

Seeing the tagline, “members of hardcore bands form indie-rock side project,” isn’t a surprise anymore. It happens almost monthly. We get it, you like Superchunk as much as you do Youth Of Today. That might sound like a criticism, but it’s not. Superchunk are a great band, and musicians

Wear Your Wounds – ‘WYW’

The visionary mind of Jacob Bannon has been part of the aggressive music community for over 25 years. Aside from fronting the transcendent hardcore band, Converge, he has produced stunning artwork, and dipped his toe into numerous solo or collaborative projects. Having already experimented with noise as Supermachiner, he

Monday 03 April 2017

A Will Away ‘Here Again’

‘Here Again’ is the first release by A Will Away since late 2015, and it’s worth the wait in almost every way. Having honed their sound on previous EPs – think a more youthful Jimmy Eat World – ‘Here Again’ marks the first step into album territory.

Deez Nuts – ‘Binge & Purgatory’

American/Australian hardcore group Deez Nuts return with their hard-hitting fifth album ‘Binge & Purgatory’ and it’s their best work to date. Over the course of their last four albums the guys have been labelled a party band as such, which of course has its advantages and disadvantages, however this album